- Title
- An evaluation of two models for the ethical governance of trans-disciplinary and inter-organizational learning
- Creator
- Juniper, James
- Relation
- Crete 2003: The 47th Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Systems Sciences. ISSS 2003: Proceedings of the 47th Annual Conference, the International Society for the Systems Sciences: Agoras of the Global Village; July 7 - 11, 2003, Iraklion, Crete, Greece (Crete, Greece 6-11 July, 2003)
- Relation
- http://www.isss.org/world/en/conferences/crete2003
- Publisher
- The International Society for the Systems Sciences (ISSS)
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Date
- 2003
- Description
- In this paper I identify the political motives for a shift in development policy away from conventional Keynesian interventions into support for national and regional innovation systems. Facilitation and brokerage of networks, clusters and alliances is a notable feature of this policy change. Tacit competencies and collaborative forms of learning play an important role both in innovation and the management of inter-firm relations. While cognitive differences can sometimes enhance learning, they can impede effective communication. I situate soft systems methodology in this context as a framework for overcoming cognitive barriers that might otherwise obstruct the exchange of ideas and technological knowhow. Drawing on the work of Jürgen Habermas I identify two seemingly opposed models of reason—those of exclusion and diremption—that are associated with divergent perspectives on learning and communication. In my concluding comments I question the interpretation Habermas has made of Foucault and Lacan, before discussing the relationship between the exclusion model and Michael Polanyi’s notion of tacit inference.
- Subject
- transdisciplinary; semiotics; knowledge management; tacit knowledge; collaborative learning; competencies
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/35941
- Identifier
- uon:4200
- Identifier
- ISBN:0974073512
- Language
- eng
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